Global Patent Index - EP 1116140 A1

EP 1116140 A1 20010718 - DATA RETRIEVAL METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH MULTIPLE SOURCE CAPABILITY

Title (en)

DATA RETRIEVAL METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH MULTIPLE SOURCE CAPABILITY

Title (de)

DATENWIEDERGEWINNUNGSVERFAHREN UND GERÄT MIT MULTIPLER QUELLENFÄHIGKEIT

Title (fr)

PROCEDE D'EXTRACTION DE DONNEES DEPUIS PLUSIEURS SOURCES ET APPAREIL CORRESPONDANT

Publication

EP 1116140 A1 20010718 (EN)

Application

EP 99957651 A 19990607

Priority

  • US 9912723 W 19990607
  • US 10653898 A 19980629

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0000909A1] Generation of output or reports contained in a data source which may be any of two or more types of source data, in a standardized or uniform manner is provided. A plurality of drivers (804) are provided specific to different types of source data which include programming for identifying structural or other characteristics of the various data sources, e.g. for use in defining a new database. Preferably the new database is configured to permit highly flexible and/or rapid output or reporting or is otherwise optimized for reporting purposes. In one embodiment, the present invention includes conversion of one or more data sources into one or more uniform databases (812), preferably generating one or more key categories for organizing the data, optionally generating category groupings or rollups and additional data or optional references.

IPC 1-7

G06F 17/30

IPC 8 full level

G06F 17/30 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G06F 16/258 (2018.12 - EP US); Y10S 707/955 (2013.01 - US); Y10S 707/99932 (2013.01 - US); Y10S 707/99933 (2013.01 - US); Y10S 707/99934 (2013.01 - US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 0000909A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0000909 A1 20000106; BR 9911263 A 20010313; CA 2333207 A1 20000106; CN 1193305 C 20050316; CN 1307705 A 20010808; EP 1116140 A1 20010718; IL 139665 A0 20020210; IL 139665 A 20050831; KR 20010071701 A 20010731; RU 2001102589 A 20021220; US 6023694 A 20000208

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9912723 W 19990607; BR 9911263 A 19990607; CA 2333207 A 19990607; CN 99808090 A 19990607; EP 99957651 A 19990607; IL 13966599 A 19990607; KR 20007015095 A 20001229; RU 2001102589 A 19990607; US 10653898 A 19980629